Who am I supposed to be? What am I supposed to do with my life? These are existential questions that ...

  Emerson famously said "society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its ...

With our archives now 3,500+ articles deep, we’ve decided to republish a classic piece each Sunday to ...

With our archives now 3,500+ articles deep, we’ve decided to republish a classic piece each Sunday to ...

  When people hear that Brian David Johnson is a futurist, they typically want him to offer up some ...

Today's business motivational posters -- symbolized most prominently by "Successories" -- are the butt of ...

Does modern life ever feel excruciatingly flat to you? A bleak landscape devoid of layers, rhythm, ...

Before Steve McQueen’s 18th birthday, he had worked on a farm, joined a circus, sold pens at a traveling ...

  Editor's Note: This is a rebroadcast. It originally aired June 2020. One of the most burning ...

Many people have, throughout their lives, experienced varying degrees of existential angst: the feeling of ...

Man, life can be a slog sometimes.  Each day, annoying little piddly things arise that aren’t ...

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  Most everyone has experienced restlessness from time to time. A feeling of wanting more, but ...

  Before Gary Collins left a bureaucratic government job to pursue a more independent existence off ...

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  In Finland, "sisu" is a concept that, while it can't be strictly translated into English, roughly ...

Self-help books -- which aim to help individuals independently improve some or all aspects of their lives ...

  The Roman army hires a former legionnaire to hunt down a courier and intercept a letter he is ...

  Many people know Bruce Lee as a martial artist and film star. But he was also a  philosopher, who ...

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